Flag of Armenia
The flag of Armenia consists of three equal horizontal stripes of red top, blue in the middle and orange below.
The current national flag of Armenia has already been used in the Democratic Republic of Armenia (1918-1922), but from 1922-1991 replaced by a similar Soviet flag by the annexation of Armenia to the USSR. She stayed during demonstrations in the last days of the Armenian SSR in the 1980s, a symbol of an independent Armenia and was reintroduced on 24 August 1991.
Appearance and meaning
The colors of the flag are interpreted differently. It is commonly assumed that the color red symbolizes the blood that had to be in the defense of their country, the Armenians, the color blue is the sky and the color orange the fertile soil of the country.
The official meaning of the colors is held in the Constitution.
" The red symbolizes the Armenian highlands, the ongoing struggle of the Armenian people for survival, the preservation of the Christian faith, Armenia's independence and freedom. The blue symbolizes the will of the Armenian people to live under a peaceful sky. The Orange symbolizes the creative talent and the hard-working nature of the Armenian people. "
Another interpretation is that the result is red for the freedom and independence and for the blood that was shed in the fight for blue for the countryside and orange for the strength and courage of the people. "
Since the Armenian government has not specified the colors of the flag are two different versions in use. The usual version of the flag consists of more saturated colors, while the rarer color variant looks more faded. The following table shows approximately the RGB values of the two versions.
History
There is no similarity between the ancient flag of Armenia and today's tri-color flag. The ancient flags were a dragon, an eagle or a mysterious object of God (rarely a lion ). The flags were tied to the end of a pole and led the armies into battle. With the advent of Christianity, the Armenian Kingdom participated in many different flags of different dynasties. For example, the flag of the Artaxischen dynasty showed two facing eagle, with a flower between them, on a red background.
After Armenia was divided between the Persian and the Ottoman Empire, the idea of an Armenian flag for some time disappeared. Nevertheless, this idea was taken up again in 1885, when the Armenian Student Association of Paris wanted to commit the funeral of Victor Hugo with a national flag. They asked a priest of the Armenian Catholic Church, Father Ghevont Alishan to design a new national flag. Alishan first draft of today's flag was already very similar: a horizontal tricolor. However, it was more like an inverted variation of today's Bulgarian flag. The top stripe was red and should be the first Sunday of Easter ( " Red " Sunday called ). The green stripe symbolizes the "green" Sunday. The white stripe was arbitrarily set to complete the tricolor. While Alishan was in France, he designed a second flag, which as the " Nationalist Armenian Flag " is known today. It was also a tricolor, but unlike the previous draft, it was a vertical tricolor, similar to the French flag, with the colors: red, green, and blue ( from left to right). This should be the colors that Noah saw when he landed on Mount Ararat.
1828 Persarmenien was annexed after the last Russo- Persian War by the Russian Empire. Then it was called Russian Armenia. When the Russian Empire collapsed, Russian Armenia declared its independence and formed with Georgia and Azerbaijan, the short-lived Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic. However, this combined state dissolved within a year again. Therefore, this republic had no flag or other representative symbols. Some historians believe that a tricolor in gold, black and red represented the flag of the Republic (from above). The Federation broke up on 26 May 1918, Georgia declared its independence as the Democratic Republic of Georgia. Armenia and Azerbaijan declared their independence.
The Democratic Republic of Armenia adapted the modern Armenian tricolor as the national flag. After Stepan Malkhasyans election to the Armenian National Council, the Armenian government decided to choose the colors of the last period of the dynasty Rubenischen for the national flag. The colors were red, blue and yellow, the yellow was replaced by orange, because it is more in harmony with the other colors.
1:2? Design of Alishan 1885
1:2? Flag of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic ( 1918)
2:3? Flag of Democratic Republic of Armenia 1918-1922
This flag was only a month since the Armenian SSR with the Georgian and Azerbaijan SSR was merged into the Transcaucasian SFSR on March 12, 1922. On December 30, 1922, the Transcaucasian SFSR formed together with three other Soviet republics, the USSR. The new flag of the Republic had the hammer and sickle inside a star in the upper left corner. The letters " З - С - С Ф - - Р " ( " ZSFSR " ) put in an arc right under the stars in Russian font. These letters stood for " Закавказская Социалистическая Федеративная Советская Республика " or " Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ". In 1936, the Transcaucasian SFSR was again divided into its three regions of origin, in the Armenian SSR, Georgian SSR and the Azerbaijan SSR.
As a republic of the USSR, the Armenian SSR led in 1936 again its own flag. Similar to the flag of the Soviet Union, she was red with yellow star, hammer and sickle in the canton. Among them were the initials " HChSH " in Armenian script. These initials stood for " Hajkakan Chorhurtajin Sozialistakan Hanrapetutjun " or " Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic ".
From 1940 Russified was introduced, the initials now denominated " HSSR " for " Hajastani Sowetakan Sozialistikan Respublika ". On December 17, 1952 a new flag was introduced. The initials were removed and in its place came a blue, horizontal stripes. On the back of the flag were missing star, hammer and sickle. This flag existed until 1991, when Armenia regained independence and the vorsowjetische tricolor reintroduced. Here, the aspect ratio of the flag was adapted from 2:3 to 1:2.
1:2? Flag of the Transcaucasian SFSR 1922-1936
Flag of the Armenian SSR 1936-1940
Flag of the Armenian SSR 1940-1952
Construction scheme of the flag of 1952
1:2? Flag of the Armenian SSR, back
Use
The law in relation to the national flag of Armenia writes the daily flag raising at the following locations before:
- Public Buildings
- Seat of the President
- National Assembly
- Constitutional court
- Building of representative institutions
The law allows citizens to hoist the flag at their homes, as long as they depend more than 2.5 meters above the ground. It prohibits the use of dirty, faded or dull flags for these purposes.
National Flag Day
The flag-raising is seen by the state like, however, is required only on the following days:
The flag in the national anthem
The national flag is found in the " Mer Hayrenik ," the official national anthem of Armenia. In particular, the second and third verse are about the origin of the national flag.
More flags of Armenia
The Armenian capital, Yerevan adopted on 14 April 2005, a new flag, in which the arms of the city resting on white background. The coat of arms is surrounded by twelve red triangles that symbolize the eleven historical and the present capital of Armenia. The design comes from Karapet Pashyan, who also designed the Armenian coins.
During the First World War, a regional, Armenian government established by the Lake Van, the administration western Armenia. They used a flag, which largely corresponded to the Russian tricolor.
In the center of the light blue "Pan -Armenian Games " flag are six interlocking keyed rings, similar to the Olympic rings. The sixth ring is orange and has a connection to the red and blue ring. He is said to symbolize Armenia. About the rings is a flame in the Armenian colors.
Flag of Management West Armenia 1915 - 1918
Nagorno-Karabakh
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is a mainly inhabited by Armenians area that international law is part of Azerbaijan, but de facto is independent of the central government in Baku.
On 2 June 1992, she led an own flag, based on the Armenian tricolor. She is also red, blue and orange; but has a white, fünfzahniges carpet pattern that begins in the two right corners and connects after about one third of the flag. The white pattern symbolizes the present division of Armenia and the hopes of the " union with the mother country. " Aspect ratio is also 1:2.